Video Games

In-game advertisements could be coming to Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Sony's Playstation 5 later this year for the first time.

Activision Blizzard is cooperating with federal investigations into trading by friends of its chief executive shortly before the gaming company disclosed its sale to Microsoft Corp, it said in a securities filing on Friday.

A lawyer for California's civil rights agency has resigned over what she alleged were undue attempts by Gov. Gavin Newsom and his office to interfere in a state lawsuit against video game giant Activision Blizzard.

While UE5 offers improvements for developers such as an upgraded UI and better performance, the biggest changes are centered on photorealism.

Nearly 1,100 of Activision Blizzard's U.S.-based temporary and contingent quality assurance (QA) workers who test the company's video games will be given full-time status starting July 1.

A group of prominent Senators wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday urging them to review Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision, citing lawsuits and media reports about workplace misconduct at the video game giant.

Hackers have stolen over $625 million in Ethereum and USD Coin from the Ronin blockchain network in what is being referred to as one of the largest cryptocurrency heists in history.

Sony Interactive Entertainment is revamping its PlayStation Plus subscription service in an effort to take on competitors Xbox Game Pass and Nintendo Switch Online.

The deal comes as Netflix is looking to boost subscriber growth and stay competitive against rivals Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video.

Apple Inc on Thursday told appellate judges that video game maker Epic Games had failed to show any legal error that would justify them overturning a lower-court ruling that found key App Store policies do not break U.S. antitrust law.

The video game giant will also suspend the launch of Grand Turismo 7 and the operation of the PlayStation Store in the country

Sony anticipates the popular PlayStation 5 gaming console will ship a total of 11.5 million units in fiscal year 2021, down from previous guidance of 14.8 million units.

Shares in Sony Group Corp slid as much as 8.8% in early trade in Tokyo on Thursday after four consecutive days of gains as concerns about its gaming business re-emerge amid component shortages and competition from heavyweight rivals.

Sony Group Corp.’s videogame unit said Monday that it is buying videogame developer Bungie Inc., the studio that created the Halo and Destiny franchises, in a deal valued at $3.6 billion.

Demand for Microsoft’s cloud-computing services and work software helped boost its quarterly profits by 21% as the pandemic continued to keep many office workers at home.

Take-Two is buying the creator of FarmVille and Words with Friends for $12.7B.

He was the Super Bowl-winning coach who "retired" at age 42. But John Madden, who died Tuesday at age 85, went on to become a hugely successful commercial pitchman as well.

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Masayuki Uemura, a Japanese home computer game pioneer whose Nintendo consoles sold millions of units worldwide, has died, according to the university in Kyoto where he taught.

PlayStation Chief Jim Ryan on Wednesday criticized Activision Blizzard Inc. for what he deemed an inadequate response to allegations that chief executive officer (CEO) Bobby Kotick had known about sexual misconduct allegations at the video game publishing giant for years.